Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple and Google failed to persuade a U.S. judge to sign off on a $324.5 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to avoid poaching each other's employees.

In a ruling on Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, said the class action settlement was too low, given the strength of the case against the companies. Intel and Adobe were also part of the proposed deal.

Good on her.

I've said itbefore and I'll say it again: Eric Schmidt, Tim Cook, and the other criminals behind this crime belong in jail. If a poor member of a minority steals a wallet, he gets jail time. Rich CEOs steal hundreds of millions - and if you do the math, it actually comes down to billions - and they can get away with a paltry sum and walk free.

This is unfair and unjust. Eric Schmidt, Tim Cook, and the others are criminals. They belong in jail.

Yeah, go somewhere else, great solution. Much better than toning down the sensational bullshit.

These types of responses might've sufficed when one or two people complained, but I think at this point there a decent few who tire of it. I usually just face palm and read something else, but it's sad that it has to be that way.

I'd even prefer if Thom kept whatever snark he felt like ruining his posts with in the comments with the rest of everyone else's snark.

Occasionally this site has an interesting link I'd not have otherwise discovered, or a good original article, but the majority of the content is links to stuff that everyone's probably already seen. It's hard to see why you'd stick around if you don't care for the editorial slant.